USS John Finn
John Finn at Pearl Harbor on 10 July 2017 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | John Finn |
| Namesake | John William Finn |
| Ordered | 15 June 2011 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 5 November 2013 |
| Launched | 28 March 2015 |
| Sponsored by | Laura Stavridis |
| Christened | 2 May 2015 |
| Acquired | 7 December 2016 |
| Commissioned | 15 July 2017 |
| Homeport | Yokosuka, Japan |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Stand Fast And Fight |
| Honors & awards | See Awards |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) |
| Length | 513 ft (156 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | MH-60R Helicopters |
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USS John Finn (DDG-113) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Restart) Aegis guided missile destroyer in service with the United States Navy. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 15 June 2011. Ingalls has been a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) since its acquisition in April 2001. Prior to the award, Ingalls had constructed 28 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the last one of which was USS William P. Lawrence. On 15 February 2011, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's name to be John Finn after John William Finn, the first Medal of Honor recipient of World War II. He was so honored for machine-gunning Japanese warplanes for over two hours during the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor despite being shot in the foot and shoulder, and suffering numerous shrapnel wounds. He retired as a lieutenant after thirty years of service and died at age 100 in 2010.